mǽr-hlísa
Great fame ⬩ celebrity
Entry preview:
Great fame, celebrity Mid mǽrhlísan cælebri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 74
Linked entry: hlísa
mǽr-pytt
A pit that forms part of a boundary
Entry preview:
A pit that forms part of a boundary (?) On ðone mǽrpyt; of ðam pytte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 439, 1. Eást tó mǽrpytte, ii. 250, 5
mær-weorc
A great, splendid work,
Entry preview:
A great, splendid work, Ps. Th. 110, 4
Mæð-hild
A woman's name ⬩ Matilda
Entry preview:
A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14
magu-geóguþ
Youth
Entry preview:
Youth, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 23; Cri. 1429
magu-rǽdend
One who advises men
Entry preview:
One who advises men Woldon cræfta gehygd magorǽdendes ( St. Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463
magu-rǽswa
A leader of men ⬩ a chief
Entry preview:
A leader of men, a chief Se magorǽswa mǽgþe sínre dómas sægde, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 2; Gen. 1624. Se ðe lǽdde, módig magorǽswa (MS. -ræwa), 145; Th. 181, 2; Exod. 55 : 143; Th. 178, 25; Exod. 17
Linked entry: rǽswa
Mame-ceaster
Manchester
Entry preview:
Manchester Mameceaster on Norþhymbrum, Chr. 923; Erl. 110, 4
marm-stán
Marble ⬩ a piece of marble
Entry preview:
Marble, a piece of marble Ðes marmstán hoc marmor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 31: Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 19. Of marmstáne geworht, Chart. Th. 241, 12. On mearmstáne, Exon. 60 b; Th. 225, 12; Ph. 333. Of fiðerscítum marmstánum geworht made of squared blocks
be-mǽnan
To BEMOAN ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ lugere ⬩ dolere ⬩ congemere
Entry preview:
To BEMOAN, bewail, lament, mourn; lugere, dolere, congemere Ða heófungdagas wǽron ðá gefyllede, ðe híg Moisen bemǽndon completi sunt dies planctus lugentium Moysen Deut. 34, 8
mán-swerian
To swear falsely ⬩ commit perjury ⬩ forswear
Entry preview:
To swear falsely, commit perjury, forswear Gif man wát ðæt óðer mánsweraþ (or mán sweraþ, cf. se man ðe swereþ mán, v. 2), Lev. 5, 1. Be mánsworum. Ða ðe mánsweriaþ, L. Edm. S. 6; Th. i. 246, 14. Ne swerige hé ðýlæs hé mánswerige, L. E.
Linked entry: swerian
cucler-mǽl
A spoon measure ⬩ cochlearis mensura
Entry preview:
A spoon measure; cochlearis mensura Án cuclermǽl one spoon measure L. M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 10. Tú cuclemiǽl two spoon measures 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 3
Linked entry: mǽl
fóster-man
a foster-man ⬩ bondsman ⬩ security
Entry preview:
a foster-man, bondsman, security
fædern-mǽg
a paternal relative
Entry preview:
a paternal relative, Ælfc. Gl 92; Som. 75, 37; Wrt. Voc. 51, 79
mán-áþ
Entry preview:
Ǽlcum geleáffullum men is tó warnigenne wið mánáðas (-áða, máne áðas, v. ll. ). . . Manega men tellað tó lytlum gylte, ꝥ hí óðre men mid mánáðum beswicen, Hml. A. 147, 89-93. Add
fyrd-man
A military man ⬩ a soldier ⬩ mīles
Entry preview:
A military man, a soldier; mīles He sceal hæbban fyrdmen he must have soldiers, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 33
mán-fǽhþu
Guilt ⬩ wickedness
Entry preview:
Guilt, wickedness (cf. máne fá, morþorscyldige, Andr. Kmbl. 3196; An. 1601: also Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978) Mánfǽhþu bearn ( those who were drowned by the deluge), Cd. 69; Th. 83, 11; Gen. 1378
geó-man
Entry preview:
Take here <b>iú-man</b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32
mǽl-cearu
Care or trouble belonging to a particular time
Entry preview:
Care or trouble belonging to a particular time Swá ða mǽlceare maga Healfdenes singala seáþ so did Healfdene's son ever brood over the trouble of that time, Beo. Th. 380; B. 189
mǽl-gesceaft
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate
Entry preview:
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737